"I think I'm going to go online," said Cheryl, logging in to Facebook from her hospital bed. She soon reconsidered, however. "I don't know what to write: 'Hey I almost died last night. What's up with you guys?'" Months later, Cheryl died from Hodgkin...

Browser maker Opera is joining the ranks of Google and Apple and embracing the WebKit rendering engine. The company made the announcement in conjunction with news that Opera now reaches 300 million monthly users across its various browser products. W...

Actress Evan Rachel Wood on Wednesday fired off a series of angry tweets to vent about paparazzi pictures that show her clutching ultrasound scans of her unborn child presumably near a hospital. The photos first appeared in The Daily Mail. "I have ne...

The real, post-college world can be a scary place. When it comes to finding rewarding, fun work, wouldn't it be nice if there was somewhere you could go for all the answers? Well, you might want to check out Reddit's Ask Me Anything board. Since 1 o'...

Time Warner may be in talks to sell off Time Inc. as revenues at the publishing unit's advertising and circulation revenues continue to decline. Citing three unnamed sources, Fortune (which is owned by Time Inc.), reports that a "serious buyer" is in...

Warning: Video contains NSFW language. City of Angels? More like the city of women who definitely won't sleep with you. It's a hard truth to accept, but it's best for your self-esteem if you just come to terms with it. Hollywood ain't no Hipster Broo...

In 1975, Nolan Bushnell was riding high. He'd just co-founded Atari and launched the world's first home video game, Pong. And then there was the oddball engineer he'd hired, Steve Jobs, who'd brought his equally odd friend Steve Wozniak to work with ...

Simon Tian says he has in-hand a working prototype of something nearly unprecedented in consumer electronics: a smartphone the size of a watch. Not just a smart watch, but an actual, fully-featured smartphone running Google’s Android software that st...

For years, scientists, poets, singers and writers have tried to define the concept of love. And where has that gotten us? Nowhere. So we turn instead to kids, the true philosophers, those who have yet to cloud their judgment with the harsh reality of...

Tenthbit gained plenty of buzz when it launched Pair, an iPhone app that creates an ultra private social network just for couples or close friends, in March of last year. Since then, the Y Combinator-backed startup has rolled out the app to Android, ...

"Have you ever seen a violinist really rock out??" That's the tagline on Lindsey Stirling's YouTube channel, a page where her 1.5 million subscribers regularly help push her videos into the millions of views. And no, we've never really seen anything ...

Mobile shoppers this Valentine's Day may be pleasantly surprised that they can buy flowers for their beloved on their smartphones without having to enter credit card information. That is, if those shoppers are using apps from 1-800-Flowers. Since lat...

Girl Rising, an independent film shedding light on the impact of improving education for girls around the world, could arrive in your local theater for the movie's official March 7 rollout. How? If enough people in you specific community request a vi...

Pandora Radio, Spotify, iHeartRadio and Slacker Radio are in a tight race for your music dollar. All have evolved beyond their origins, offering more flexibility and additional features for your listening pleasure. Which to pick? See all four of thes...

Whether or not you celebrate Valentine's Day, your news feed is bound to be bombarded by anti-romance posts. Instead of sharing a cup of bitterness this holiday, single social media users can spread the love by using their networks in a positive way....

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